Machine for spooling yarn



(No Model.)

L. G. BILLINGS.

MACHINE FOR SPOOLING YARN.

1. Io.266,419. Patented Oct. 24,1882;

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LOUIS O. BILLINGS, OF MILFO RD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

MACHINE FOR SPOOLING YARN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,419, dated October%4,-1882.

Application filed April 27, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LoUIs G. BILLINGS, ofMilford, in the county of Hillsborongh and State of New Hampshire, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Machines for Spoolin'gYarn; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of thisspecification.

My invention has relation to machines for spooling yarn, (moreespecially knitting-yarn,) thread, or silk; and it consists, first, inthe constructionand combination of parts of an automatically-operatingstop motion or mechanism for stopping the machine if the yarn or threadshould break; and, secondly, in an improved construction of thespool-driver, so as to ease both starting and stopping of the spool, andthus prevent any undue jar, which, both in starting and stopping themachine, is apt to break the yarn or thread. (Jo-operating with thesedevices, I use a brake mechanism, all of which will be hereinafter morefully described.

In the 2lCC0lll} ')2ll1ylllg drawing I have shown a side view of so muchof a spooling-machine as is necessary to illustrate my invention, someof the parts being shown in section for the better illustration of theoperative parts of the devices thus shown.

A represents the frame of the machine. B is the vertical spindle whichrotates the spooldriver, (shown at O and O,) andD is the spool uponwhich the yarn or thread E is to be wound froma cop orreel. (Shown atF.)At thelower end of spindle B is a miter wheel or pinion, G, which isdriven by agear-wheel, G, and runs loosely between two disks, H and I,that are fastened to and YGYOlXG with the spindle. The upper disk, I,rests within a circular recess in the top of pinion G, and has radialslots to permit of the insertion of fingers J J, which are pivoted attheir upper ends in a collar, K, that slides upon the spindle. Thelowerfree ends of the fingers J project through the radial slots i in disk Idown into notches g in the recessed face of pinion G; and it followsthat when the pinion rotates and the fingers J are in the describedposition, as shown in the drawing, said fingers engage with both disk Iand pinion G, which are thus interlocked and revolve together, and withthem the spindle B. Downward pressure upon the sliding collar Kis causedby a spring, L, the tension or force of which may be regulated by meansof an adjustable collar, M, against which its upper end abuts. Thesliding collar K has a circumferential groove, into which projects thebifurcated inner end, N, of anarm or lever, N, which has its fulcrum inthe standard a. At the outer end of lever N is pivoted a rod, 0, theupper end of which has a shoulder or offset, 0, and a handle orpull-ring, O, for setting it, as hereinafter described.

1? is a spiral-spring, which encircles rod 0 between an adjustablecollar, Q, at its lower end, and a retaining-block, secured upon theframe of the machine. By adjusting collar Q up or down on rod 0 thetension of spring 1 may be regulated in like manner as the spring L uponspindle B. \Vhen rod 0 is in its set positiomas shown in the drawing,its offset or shoulder, 0, overlaps and bears against the plate orcasting R, in which works a bolt, S, the reduced end of which isencircled by a spring, S. At the rear end of the bolt is an annularnotchor groove, .9, adapted to receive the lower end of the trigger T, whichslides in a vertical slot in the upper part of plate Band has a slot oropening, t,'for the insertion of the short lever U, which is fulcrumedupon the same axis as lever U, which has a small weight, a, and is bentto form an eye, U at its outer end, through which the yarn or thread isinserted. Thus, by the yarn passing over the guide-wires a a, it will beseen that lever U is held in an elevated position; but if the yarnshould break on its passage from the cop or reel F to the spool D-leverU will be released and its weighted long arm drop down, which causes alip, I), upon its inner end to strike a correspondinglip, 0, upontheinner end of the short lever U, thus throwing the outer endofthelatter upward and raising the trigger T, which releases the spring-boltS. This, impelledby its spring, flies forward, and, striking theshoulder 0, releases rod 0, and this again, actuated by its encirclingspring P, tilts or depresses thelongarm ofleverNN, the short arm ofwhich will raise the sliding collar K, (spring P being more powerfulthan spring L,) and thus disengage or uncouple the clutch-fingers J Jfrom disk I and pinion G. This disconnects or uncouples disk I andpinion G, and causes the latter to run loose on the spindle until, bysetting rod 0 in the manner described, the coupling is again efi'ected.

To stop the rotation of the spindle by its inherent velocity afteruncoupling it from the drivinggear, I employ abrake mechanism, whichconsists of a disk, V, which is fastened by its collar 1) and aset-screw, 12, upon spindle B,below another disk, V, which is fastenedin any suitable manner in the frame of the machine. This last-na meddisk, 7, is stationary, andhas a central collar or bushing, W, throughwhich spindle B is tree to slide up or down. When the yarn breaks, andcollar K is slid up upon the spindle to disengage its clutch-fingersfrom disk I and pinion G, the contraction of spring L will throw thespindle in an upward direction, so as to bring its disk V intofrictional contact with the stationary disk \V, which will stop therotation of the spindle and make it come to a perfect standstill.

The rod 0 has a spring, P, afl'ixed on one side, the free end of which,when the rod is set, bearsagainstplateR, and assists springbolt S inthrowing shoulder 0 oif of plate It when the trigger is sprung, so as toinsure certain and rapid working of the spring-rod.

The spool-driver consists of two partsviz., a circular plate or disk, O,which has a downward-projecting cylindrical sleeve, 0, which fits into acylindrical shell, U, through which the spindle is inserted centrally,and to which it is securely fastened, so that the spindle B and shell 0will rotate together. (1 is a coiled spring, one end of which isfastened in the lower part of shell 0, and its upper end in disk 0inside of its sleeve 0, the spindle 13 passing centrally through thespring. The spool D rests upon disk 0, a pin or stud, :v,conneeting'them so that they will revolve together. From the foregoingit will be seen that the connecting medium between the shell 0 and disk0 is formed by the coiled spring 0 In other words, the parts (l, c, andU are not connected rigidly, but have a tlexible or yielding coupling orconnection formed by the spring 0 Hence in starting the rotation of thespindle B this spring will receive the first shock or jar, and will thusease the starting of disk (J and the spool. In like manner, when themachine is suddenly stopped, spring (.1

will relax and permit disk 0 some play independent of shell G and thespindle, so that the yarn will have time to slacken by degrees insteadof breaking, as it would do it the spool were brought to a suddenstoppage from its high velocity.

Having thus described my invention,Iclaim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States-,-

1. In a machine for spooling yarn, thread, or silk, the stop motion ormechanism consisting of the levers U and U, the latter having the eye U"for the yarn to pass through on its passage from the cop or reel F tothe spool D, trigger T, spring-bolt S, rod 0, having the offset orshoulder 0, and provided with the springs P and P and adjustable collarQ, lever N N, sliding collar K, having pivoted clutch-fingers J J, loosepinion G, having notches g, and spindle 15, having the fixed disks H andI, spring L, and adjustable collar M, all constructed and combinedsubstantially as and for the purpose herein shown and set forth.

2. In a machine for spooling yarn, thread,

or silk, the combination of the spindle B, provided with suitablemechanism for rotating it, brake-disk V, fixed adjustably nponthespindle, bi'ake disk \V, fixed in the frame of the machine, and having acentral bushing, \V, for the insertion of the spindle, adjustable collarM, spring L, collar K, and mechanism for sliding the same upon thespindle, and thereby disengaging or uncoupling it (the spindle) from itsrotating mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose herein shownand set forth.

3. In a machine for spooling yarn, thread, or silk, the combination ofspindle B, having the shell 0 fixed thereon, disk 0, having the pin orstud w and cylindrical sleeve 0, fitting into shell C, and coiled springencircling the spindle within sleeve 0, and havingits upper end fixed indisk 0 and its lower end fixed in the bottom of shell 0, substantiallyas and for the purpose herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signaturein presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS O. BILLINGS.

Witnesses:

I E. KALEY, FRANCIS M. Conn.

